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Vic-sur-Aisne is located on the N31 between Compiègne and Soissons. Head to Place du Général de Gaulle and park in the car park in front of the château and the shops.
Yellow and green signposting
(S/E) Opposite the château, turn right into Rue Saint Christophe (signposted ‘Parcours des Fusillés’). Follow this street for 700 m, ignoring all streets on the right.
(1) Turn right onto Rue de Presles. After about 200 m, take a path on the left. At the end of a left-hand bend, you’ll come to a fork.
(2) Turn right and head uphill towards a wood. After a gentle climb, go through the gate with a barrier (private property on both sides of the path). Continue straight on, still climbing. At the top, turn slightly left and you will soon reach a junction.
(3) Turn left. Please note, the yellow and green markings are difficult to spot.
Follow this path north-north-east and look out for the old command post on the right in a slight dip. At the junction, turn left and left again at the next junction. Go through a gate towards the Fontaine Sainte-Anne and head downhill (north-west). After a barrier, turn right, walking alongside the houses. After about a hundred metres, turn left between two properties to reach the church and the peace-themed war memorial.
(4) Follow Rue de l'Église to the right until you reach a junction (elevation 56). Turn right onto a field path towards Vingré. After passing through a short wooded section, you’ll come to a three-way junction.
(5) Turn right and continue along the edge of the woods, then through the fields. Ignore a path branching off to the right and, further on, you’ll come out onto a road at the entrance to the village of Vingré.
(6) Continue along the road and cross the village. Note on the walls the portrait and a copy of the last letter from the six soldiers shot in Vingré in December 1914. Pass in front of the cellar where they spent their last night and in front of the monument erected in their memory in 1925.
(7) At the end of the road, turn right and head up the D2020 towards the Croix Brisée.
(8) At the top of the hill, take the path on the right and head towards a copse. Once there, you will find the Croix Brisée.
(9) Take thesecond path on the right and cross the plateau, heading south-west.
(10) At the junction, head down towards the ruins of the old fortified farmstead of monastic origin. Take one of the staircases leading down to its base. Walk along its right-hand side and follow the path leading to the Confrécourt quarry.
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(11) With your back to the quarry, follow theGR®12roughly straight ahead (south) and head downhill. Ignore a path coming from the right and, at the next junction, turn right. Walk alongside a stream on your left, then enter the village of Vaux via Rue de Vaux.
(12) Continue south and leave the village. Cross the D91 and continue straight ahead. Reach the banks of the Aisne, turn right and follow the river on your left.
(13) At the junction, continue along the riverbank towards the campsite (west). Follow the signposted path, first turning right then left, and walk alongside the campsite.
(14) At the campsite entrance, continue along the grassy path, still skirting the campsite. At the end of the path, carry on along Rue de Fontenoy towards the town centre. Keep going straight ahead (west) to return to the starting point (S/E).
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